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1847–1868

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Birth Date
15 July 1812
Death Date
6 December 1890
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Curtis Edwin Bolton Sr.

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  • The Bolton family initially traveled to the Salt Lake Valley in 1848 with the Brigham Young Company.  The family included: Curtis Edwin and Rebecca Bunker and their children Ann Booth, Emma Smith, and Edwin Young; Curtis Edwin Jr., a son of Curtis Sr.’s from a previous marriage; and Curtis Sr.’s second wife, Ellen Coil Merritt. Curtis Sr. served as company clerk. 

    At the end of a mission, Curtis traveled home to Utah in 1853 with the John Brown Company as company chaplain.

Brigham Young Company (1848)

  • Age at Departure: 35
  • Head of Household

Traveled with

  • Rebecca Back Bolton (Age: 38)
  • Ellen Coil Bolton (Age: 19)
  • Curtis Edwin Bolton Jr. (Age: 11)
  • Ann Booth Bolton (Age: 7)
  • Emma Smith Bolton (Age: 6)
  • Edwin Young Bolton (Age: 2)

John Brown Company (1853)

  • Age at Departure: 40

Sources

  • 1850 Utah Census.
  • Andrew Jenson, "Woodruff, Wilford," "Barnes, Mark," "Bertrand, Louis Alphonso," "Bolton, Curtis E.," "Dunbar, William C.," Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia, Volume 4 (Salt Lake City, Utah: The Andrew Jenson History Company, 1971), 334-335.
  • Bolton, Curtis Edwin, to Jackson Bolton, 15 Nov. 1853, Salt Lake City.
  • Curtis Edwin Bolton in Salt Lake Stake, Salt Lake Stake Melchizedek Priesthood minutes and records, 1848-1976, vol 2: 1848-1860, 72-73.
  • Curtis Edwin Bolton letter to Curtis Bolton, 9 Oct. 1848 in Curtis Edwin Bolton: Pioneer, Missionary, History, Descendants and Ancestors (1968), compiled by Cleo H. Evans, 153q-153r.
  • First 100, report, 1848 June.
  • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Supplement after 31 December 1848, 1, 3.
  • Thomas Bullock journals, 1843-1849, Journal, 1848 May-September.